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Less than 1 in 3 Toronto bystanders who witness a cardiac arrest try to help: Study

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital working in conjunction with EMS services, paramedics and fire services across Ontario found that a bystander who attempts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can quadruple the survival ...


Researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

The current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated. The U.S. spends on ...


Premature births worsen US infant death rate

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.


For dialysis patients, skinny is dangerous

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death—even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd ...


Decrease in physical activity may not be a factor in increased obesity rates among adolescents

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decreased physical activity may have little to do with the recent spike in obesity rates among U.S. adolescents, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.


Donor race may impact kidney transplant survival

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The race of kidney donors may affect the survival rates of transplant recipients according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital.


Say yes to a clinical trial; it may be good for your health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients with chronic heart failure who agree to take part in clinical trials have a better prognosis than those who do not, according to a study reported in the November European Journal of Heart Failure.(1) The finding, say th ...


Patients starting dialysis have increased risk of death

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Compared to the general population, patients starting dialysis have an increased risk of death that is not attributable to a higher rate of death from cardiovascular causes, as previously thought, according to a study in ...


Barrett's esophagus patients have same survival rates as general population

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo Clinic research has found that survival rates of patients with Barrett's esophagus, which can be a precursor for esophageal cancer, are no different than the survival rates for the general population. These findings ...


Roth IRA conversion not a good fit for all, tax expert says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Starting next year, anyone can convert retirement savings into tax-advantaged Roth individual retirement accounts, but the much-touted switch isn't for everyone, a University of Illinois expert on tax and elder law warns.


Internet advertising appears to begin its comeback (AP)

Internet advertising appears to begin its comeback

Technology / Internet

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- After bogging down in the recession, Internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine.


Review: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines effective at preventing child deaths

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study published in The Cochrane Review this month concludes that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), already known to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and x-ray defined pneumonia, was also effective agains ...


Be overweight and live longer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contrary to what was previously assumed, overweight is not increasing the overall death rate in the German population.


Sickest swine flu cases in Canada, Mexico detailed

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Rapidly worsening breathing problems in the sickest swine flu patients in Mexico and Canada present a scary worst-case scenario and could foreshadow what U.S. doctors face as winter flu season sets in, new reports ...


Conservation targets too small to stop extinction

Conservation targets too small to stop extinction: study

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conservation biologists are setting their minimum population size targets too low to prevent extinction, according to a new study led by University of Adelaide.